Jeremy Lin News Update: Houston Rockets GM Defends Jeremy Lin From Criticism on Reddit

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey was quick to defend Jeremy Lin during an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit on Friday.

Morey, who snatched Lin from the New York Knicks a year ago, said he was surprised to hear speculation about Lin being demoted as a back-up point guard, despite posting good numbers in his first season with the Rockets.

"It is amazing to me that all the time I encounter people feeling negative about Jeremy's season with us. I have chalked this up to:

- he started off slow, mostly due to getting 100 percent back from injury

- very high, unrealistic expectations after his time in New York

- had a rough ending in the playoffs, again due to injury

- people generally remember starts & ends more than anything else

- people generally compare things to their expectations when forming opinions versus look at the big picture."

Morey went on to say that Lin did a pretty job in his first full season in the NBA (essentially his rookie year), saying he could have been easily considered as one of the top rookies in the league.

"Last year was Jeremy's first full year in the league. Essentially his rookie year. If last season would have been his rookie year and he never would have played in New York, right now people would be appropriately talking about him incessantly as one of the top young rookie stars in the league."

"He was the starting point guard on a playoff team in West at age 24!!! Don't get me started on this. Too late ...," said Morey, who also revealed Kevin McHale's plan to use both Dwight Howard and Omer Asik at the same time on the floor to create the most defensively imposing frontline in the NBA.